The metabolic syndrome using the National Cholesterol Education Program and International Diabetes Federation definitions among urbanised black South Africans with established coronary artery disease

Lucas M Ntyintyane, Vanessa R Panz, Frederick J Raal, Geoffrey V Gill

Abstract


The constellation of metabolic abnormalities comprising central obesity, raised triglycerides (TG), reduced high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, raised blood pressure (BP) and raised fasting plasma glucose is referred to as the metabolic syndrome (MS).

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